Saturday, 31 October 2015

So I switched the white furniture & fire to being stamped on & cut from Crumb Cake... we also had some Crumb Cake stockings and bows which also looked really nice... but I seem to have misplaced (or mis-filed!) the photos...

Tutorial posted for this variant of the Centre Step Easel Card yesterday... Enjoy!

And I was asked a question about folding & putting the card in an envelope...

Basically you have 3 options... my preference is to use a larger C5 envelope...for 2 main reasons...
(1) I have them so I can!
(2) I think that the recipient is more likely to pull the card out of the envelope, see the tab and pop the centre step section of the card behind it!..

I think the other 2 methods will confuse anyone but a card maker! Same as with all easel cards! Though I did see a "sticker" on the web that you can print and add to assist the recipient when sending an easel card!

Friday, 30 October 2015

Seeing as this card is still getting a huge amount of daily hits.... think it is time for its tutorial! Which I have just realised didn't get posted quite when I thought.... oops...sorry!

I have posted a few more cards using this design.... press on the photo to go to the original posting... and I think there will be some more pretty soon as this is still definitely a favourite card at my classes....

First up...the Metric version from A4 card ... and then the Imperial (inches) version from 12x12 card.

Go here for another Centre Step Easel Card variant and/or if you would like photos to accompany the step by steps...

Centre Step Easel Card Tutorial (Metric from A4)

Whisper White Cardstock 14.8 x 29.7cm (ie A4L) OR 14.8 x 28.9cm if you want to tuck the base up into the card for mailing in a C6 envelope

12. Fold lightly…
Outer Sections – 2.5cm Mountain, 5cm Valley, 13cm Mountain
Middle Section at 10.5cm – Mountain
Whole Section at 21cm – MountainAnd here is the Imperial (inches) version from 12x12 cardI don't think this card would work from the standard US 8 1/2 x 11" cardstock...as there wouldn't be enough of a lip at the front to mount a greeting/stop for the easel card format.

Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Another way to use your Wonderland stamps... and going back to my special purple makes!!

Attempting to show my new purple-loving crafters that just one ink pad can start you off pretty well on your colour journey... Elegant Eggplant used here to give 4 colour shades... starting off by inking up and stamping in the centre then stamping - without re-inking - the 3 words below....

Then I have re-inked - stamped off onto scrap paper once - and then repeated the stamping of the 3 words above

All with the aid of the trusty Stamp A Ma Jig of course!

Well ...I say one ink pad... apart from Whisper White Craft Ink that I have used for the snowflake background on a Wisteria Wonder card blank - but they already have that one!

Finished off with direct inking around the stamped panel ( I just use my Elegant Eggplant straight onto my card panel) and then sticking to a 2nd white panel. And some Wisteria Wonder Seam Binding ribbon....

Monday, 26 October 2015

Another simple card idea for the antlers stamp... and a BIG THANK YOU later...

Again a trio of antlers on a small panel...

But embossed in white this time... really pops in the flesh...

Finished off with the snowflakes stamped and the panels daubed around the edge in Craft Whisper White...

And for anyone wondering how it would look not embossed... just using the Craft Whisper White ink pad instead... here you go... though my white pad did need re-inking at the time!! So this can definitely be improved upon with a juicier pad...

And I leave you with a REALLY BIG THANK YOU to a number of my readers - you know who you are!

Well I never... You made my day!! You made me laugh!! You made me believe that my little bloggy exploits and shares are worthwhile... You made me love to be part of this crafty world that I am part of! You made me feel appreciated... Actually you made me believe in the general goodness of my fellow man (well women rather!) You are truly AWESOME! I cannot thank you enough for your donations to Amanda's Blog & Inspiration pot... THANK YOU!! And guess which tutorial requests are suddenly going straight up to the top of the list for writing up and publishing... tee hee!!! Again...THANK YOU!

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Covering UK Nationwide & local area of York Harrogate Boroughbridge Knaresborough Easingwold Wetherby. Postal: Townend Farmhouse, Main Street. Great Ouseburn.YO26 9RG., North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

An avid papercrafter and an independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator. I run classes and workshops for Card making, Scrapbooking , Gifts & Packaging , Home Decor - in fact all things paper crafting- between Harrogate & York - near Boroughbridge, Easingwold, Thirsk, Ripon, Wetherby, Leeds in North Yorkshire. I have been papercrafting for more than 13 years and a Stampin' Up! demo for over 8 years.